MEXICO: The New Prosperity

Mexico, in song and legend a sun-drowsy land
where only the beans jump, is leaping energetically toward new levels
of prosperity in mid-1956. Industrial production, reported the RFC-like
Nacional Financiera last week, is running a spanking 12% ahead of last
year's record rate. Farm output has risen 50% in the last three years.
In both consumer goods and food production, Mexico has gained important
ground toward self-sufficiency. And like grace notes to these
impressive fundamentals: